LE

the problem is at the moment we are being taxed to pay for this technology most of which ends up as payments to land owners and not in R&D for the technology. The blade maker on the IOW had to shut up shop as they claimed the incentive schemes were counter productive

LE

Onshore wind energy is a fiscal black hole & energy dead end.
Estuarine barrages have far greater potential but the greenies whine & scream because a different part of the ecosystem will change - conveniently ignoring THEIR claims that sea levels will rise to permanently cover their beloved mudflats unless we revert to the Orson Cartt.